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A theory of ISIS : political violence and the global order
No full textThe Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West. Considered by many to be the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world, it has become shrouded in numerous myths and narratives, many emanating from the US, which often fail to grasp its true nature. Against these narratives, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou presents a bold new theory of ISIS. By tracing its genealogy and documenting its evolution in Iraq and Syria, he argues that ISIS has transcended Osama Bin Laden?s original project of Al Qaeda, mutating into an unprecedented hybrid form that distils postcolonial violence, postmodernity and the emerging post-globalisation international order. This book analyses ISIS from a social sciences perspective and unpacks its dynamics by looking beyond superficial questions such as its terrorist nature and religious rhetoric. It transforms our understanding of ISIS and its profound impact on the very nature of contemporary political violenceCover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Islamic State and Political Violence in the Early Twenty-First Century; 1. Al Qaeda's Matrix; 2. Apocalypse Iraq; 3. From Qaedat al Jihad to Al Dawla al Islamiya; 4. Modernity and the Globalised Insurgent; Conclusion: Colonialism Boomerang; Glossary; Chronology; Notes; IndexMohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedo
The user-friendly Galen : Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq and the adaptation of Greek medicine for a new audience
No full textUwe Vagelpoh
Muğam fəlsəfəsi
No full textMugham, Traditional Music, Universal Sound, Thought and Music, Mugham as "Soft Power", Philosophy of MusicMugham is the traditional music of Azerbaijan. In the book, Mugham which presented as a manifestation of Universal Sound is mainly researched as a way of thinking. For this purpose, comparisons are made between Mugham and philosophical currents, especially Sufism. The parallel study of Mugham with the history of national thinking also clarifies some important points of national mentality. In accordance with the spirit of the modern era in the book also studies the multicultural essence of Mugham. With that very important truth is emphasized: according to its power of influence and mission, mugham is the "soft power" of Azerbaijan. The book is designed for experts, junior researchers and wide reader mass. The monograph was published within the project of the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.Könül BünyadzadäPhilosophy of Mugha
Revolutionizing a world : from small states to universalism in the Pre-Islamic Near East
No full textMark Altaweel and Andrea Squitier
Machineries of oil, a socio-technical history of BP in Iran
No full textMachineries of Oil is an investigation into oil infrastructure in modern society, examining local power struggles over the construction of the global oil industry in a non-western context. This history is crucial for understanding the twentieth-century politics of the Middle East and the peculiar ways in which countries of the Global South have served as irreplaceable laboratories for producing knowledge and know-how on nature and society. This book will come at a time when tensions between the US and Iran, and tensions surrounding the politics of the oil industry in the Middle East in particular, have become unfortunately heightened in the wake of the change in US administration. We feel this book is particularly suited to the Knowledge Unlatched program because our reach to Middle East studies audiences is somewhat limited, and we’d like this book to be available to as many readers as possible, despite limited marketing resources to go beyond our usual channels.Katayoun Shafie
Imperial Muslims : Islam, community and authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937
No full textScott S. ReeseLiteraturverzeichnis: Seite 196-20
The stranger at the feast : prohibition and mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian community
No full textTom Boylsto
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / [Rezension von: Litvak, Meir, Shiʿi scholars of nineteenth-century Iraq]
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XXX. Deutscher Orientalistentag : Orientalistik im 21. Jahrhundert : welche Vergangenheit, welche Zukunft : Freiburg, 24.-28. September 2007 : ausgewählte Vorträge / von Brunner, Rainer / Asbab an-nuzul in den usul al-fiqh : Einiges zum Verhältnis von Koran und hadit
No full textHans-Thomas Tillschneide
Citizen outsider : children of North African immigrants in France
No full text"While portrayals of immigrants and their descendants in France and throughout Europe often center on burning cars and radical Islam, Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France paints a different picture. Through fieldwork and interviews in Paris and its banlieues, Jean Beaman examines middle-class and upwardly mobile children of Maghrébin, or North African immigrants. By showing how these individuals are denied cultural citizenship because of their North African origin, she puts to rest the notion of a French exceptionalism regarding cultural difference, race, and ethnicity and further centers race and ethnicity as crucial for understanding marginalization in French society"--Provided by publisherPreface : black girl in Paris -- Introduction : North African origins in and of the French Republic -- Growing up French? : education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? -- Methodological appendix : another outsider : doing race from/in another placeJean BeamanIncludes bibliographical references and inde